Haines State Forest Managememt Plan

Adopted August 2002

The Haines State Forest Management Plan is for
those lands designated by the State Legislature in 1982 as the Haines
State Forest Resource Management Area. The Haines State Forest Management
Plan for this area was originally adopted in 1985. This plan, adopted
in August 2002, is a revision of the 1985 management plan. The purposes
of the Plan are the utilization, perpetuation, conservation, and
protection of land and water through multiple use management. The
plan defines management intent for State lands and waters within
the State Forest boundaries as well as provides for the continuation
of other beneficial uses including recreational activities and traditional
uses.

Plan revisions were conducted concurrently with
the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Management Plan and the Northern
Southeast Area Plan. The integrated development of these three plans
was thought necessary because of common boundaries, common river
drainages and the need for consistent management of resources.

Haines State Forest Management
Plan includes the following:

Chapter 1: Establishment
and Purpose of the Haines State Forest – This
chapter describes the planning area in detail and describes the
purposes and intent of the plan as well as the relationship to
the other DNR plans.

Subsections: Differences
between State Forest Plan and Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Plan | Purpose
and Organization | Study Area | Relationship
of this Plan to other DNR Plans | Resource,
Land Status, Recreational Forestry, and Habitat Research | Plan
Implementation | Modification of the
plan

Chapter 2: Forest-Wide
Land Management Policies – This chapter describes
the forest-wide land management policies for major resource and
land use categories.

Chapter 3: Land Management
Policies for Management Units – This Chapter
describes the management units and in detail and discusses for
each unit land classification, management intent and authorizations.
Boundary maps are included in this chapter for each unit and
its subunits. The boundaries of the management units and subunits
are generally the same as the 1985 plan.

Appendices: – Glossary | Special
Use Land Designation to Create a Non-Motorized Area | Mineral
Closing Order | Mineral Leasehold Location
Order | Special Use Land Designation
to Manage Large-scale Commercial Recreation Activities | Land
Classification Order | Management Agreement
Between DNR Divisions | Land Classifications | Cooperative
Agreement Between DNR Divisions | Results
of Community Recreation Survey | Special
Use Land Designation for Commercial Helicopter Operations

The Haines State Forest
Plan on the Web:
For easier downloading, been broken down into separate Adobe Acrobat .PDF documents.
The first link below is the entire text of the plan, chapters 1 thru 4. Below
that the appendices and the maps are listed with separate links to each. Map
listings include the page number where the map appears in the printed text.